Rules of the Boy Game

Summary

You do not want to be boys with uncool people. If you happen to say the full name of someone famous that is uncool, and within 3 seconds, someone else says the phrase "Your boy!", you are forever associated with that uncool celebrity.

The object of the game is to avoid getting boys. For example, who would want to be boys with Bob Sagat?? Not me!!

To get avoid getting boys, you have to give that person a nickname in between their first and last name. The standard nickname is "timeout". To avoid being boys with Bob Sagat, you should say "Bob timeout Sagat". Any nickname is acceptable, but "timeout" is the generic one that is most common.


So who is boy-quality? Boys can be anybody mildly famous. Here are some examples:

Music artists: Ricky Martin, Enrique Iglesias, Josh Groban, pretty much any boy band member

TV personalities: Kirk Cameron, Louie Anderson, John Stamos, Evan Marriott (Joe Millionaire)

Sports figures: Orenthal James Simpson, Jose Canseco, Rafael Palmeiro

Historical/political figures: Newt Gingrich, Dan Quayle, Benedict Arnold, Saddam Hussein

Movie stars: Pauley Shore, Stephen Baldwin

Obviously, a lot of who is uncool depends on personal preference. As a Mets fan, Mike Piazza would not be a boy for me. However, for someone who hates the Mets (but who does?), Mike Piazza would be an excellent boy to give to them.

The beauty of the game is setting people up to get boys. In other words, try and trick other people into saying someone's name that is uncool (see example at the end).


Other rules (flexible and subject to change):

Once you get a boy, they are yours until the game resets (meaning, essentially forever).

Only one person can have a particular boy.

Nicknames don't count as someone's name. For example, OJ Simpson, Pee Wee Herman, Snoop Dogg are not real names. Someone would have to say Orenthal James Simpson, Paul Reubens, or Calvin Broades, if you were give them as boys. That's one of the challenges of it all.

Girls can't be boys. (Although there is a movement to change that.)

Professional sports figures don't count if they are active and in-season.

Setting someone up for a boy

This is definitely the best part of the game. Getting someone to say the name of a person that they absolutely can't stand, and then seeing a priceless reaction when you say "your boy". Here's an example of how I got one of my boys in Hawaii. It was 5am and we were all sleepy, sitting on a bench waiting for a boat to take us out snorkeling.

(Somebody made a Spaceballs reference)
Jed: You know they're coming out with a new Spaceballs movie?
Pete: Yeah I heard that.
Jed: Who's going to play Barf? (the late John Candy's character)
Pete: I dunno. Chris Farley?
(some laughing)
Jed: What about that fat guy who hosted Family Feud?
Pete: Oh yeah...that guy with the annoying voice...
Me: Louie Anderson?
Pete & Jed: Your boy!

The whole thing was an intricate set-up, and Pete and Jed were on the same page the entire time. Needless to say, I was pissed!

Good luck!! Spread the Boy Game!!